Drogo of Hauteville

Drogo of Hauteville (1010-10 August 1051) was Count of Apulia and Calabria from 1046 to 1051, succeeding William Iron Arm and preceding Humphrey of Hauteville.

Biography
Drogo de Hauteville was born in Coutances, Normandy, France in 1010, the son of Tancred of Hauteville. In 1035, he and his elder brother William arrived in southern Italy and served in the Byzantine campaign in Sicily in 1038 before joining the Lombard revolt against the Byzantines in 1041. In 1042, he became Lord of Venosa, and he seized Bovino from the Byzantines in 1045. After William's death in 1046, Drogo was elected to succeed him as Count of Apulia and Calabria with the support of Prince Guaimar IV of Salerno, and he became a nominal Salernitan vassal. In 1051, Drogo was assassinated by the Byzantines in preparation for a Byzantine reconquest of Apulia.